LANCING DEVICE HAVING SADDLE-SHAPED TIP
First Claim
1. A tip for use with a lancing device, comprising:
- a base having an outer perimeter;
a wall extending upwardly from said base and forming a substantially saddle-shaped distal surface for interfacing with a patient'"'"'s skin; and
an opening extending entirely through said tip.
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Abstract
A tip (41) for use with a lancing device (11). A wall extends upwardly from a base and forms a substantially saddle-shaped distal surface for interfacing with a patient'"'"'s skin. An opening (43) extends entirely through the tip. The tip (41) is movably received by a pressure sleeve assembly. The pressure sleeve assembly includes a housing (37) and a pressure sleeve movable between first and second positions. A spring (35) is connected between the housing (37) and the pressure sleeve. A lancet (21) is rigidly fixed to the housing (37) and is covered when the pressure sleeve is in the first position and exposed through the substantially saddle-shaped distal surface (42) of the tip (41) when the pressure sleeve is in the second position. The substantially saddleshaped distal surface (42) gathers the patient'"'"'s skin toward the center of the tip to facilitate expressing blood from a lanced site.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A tip for use with a lancing device, comprising:
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a base having an outer perimeter; a wall extending upwardly from said base and forming a substantially saddle-shaped distal surface for interfacing with a patient'"'"'s skin; and an opening extending entirely through said tip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A lancing device, comprising:
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a tip having a substantially saddle-shaped distal surface for interfacing with a patient'"'"'s skin; and a pressure sleeve assembly movably receiving said tip, said pressure sleeve assembly including a housing; a pressure sleeve movable between first and second positions; a spring connected between said housing and said pressure sleeve; and a lancet rigidly fixed to said housing, said lancet being covered when said pressure sleeve is in said first position and said lancet being exposed through said substantially saddle-shaped distal surface of said tip when said pressure sleeve is in said second position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of drawing blood, comprising the steps of
interfacing a distal surface of a tip of a lancing device with a patient'"'"'s skin at a lancing site, the distal surface of the tip being substantially saddle-shaped; - and
passing a needle through the saddle-shaped distal surface of the tip to lance the patient'"'"'s skin at the lancing site. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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